IT Sec News updates – Ransomware Attacks

Theregister

Change Healthcare registers pulse after crippling ransomware attack … It seems likely that Change will be the ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware gang's last …

PCMag

UnitedHealth has restored pharmacy services and is working to fix 'infected code' in its systems. It aims to bring its claims network back online …

Bloomberg Law News

LockBit and BlackCat thrived using ransomware as service model · Law enforcement seized websites belong to both hacking groups.

Bleeping Computer

We saw another ransomware operation shut down this week after first getting breached by law enforcement and then targeting critical infrastructure …

Axios

The group behind the Change Healthcare ransomware attack self-imploded this week after a scam gone wrong.

The Record by Recorded Future

The statement did not include information about the investigation into the attack, which the company has blamed on the AlphV/BlackCat ransomware group …

Theregister

A criminal claiming to be an ALPHV/BlackCat affiliate — the gang responsible for the widely disruptive Change Healthcare ransomware infection last …

BNN Bloomberg

In the last several years, the BlackCat and LockBit groups have thrived by embracing a ransomware-as-a-service model, leasing their malware to …

Bloomberg.com

Two of the most notorious ransomware gangs in the world are imploding, leaving high-profile victims in their wake and creating chaos in the …

CBC

Ransomware is a type of malicious software that “denies a user's access … Ransomware attacks are likely the most disruptive form of cyber crime …